Alex Jones: Pot is Genetically Modified and Weaponized

[DNA]

Alex is claiming in this video that modern day pot is genetically modified and in a sense weaponized to create a nation of pot heads who do not have the desire or motivation to peel themselves off the sofa.

Alex does not support his statements with information we can research, of which I'm a little disappointed.

On a personal note, I've thought about dusting off the old bong and renewing my relationship with the green herb, but the idea that modern pot is genetically modified and possibly weaponized has me legitimately concerned. I can't help but to think that the legalization of pot in certain US States might have been done with ulterior motives.


http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vkET3ij3iT4

[Cidersomerset]

I do not partake in the weed , but I do have a 'pot belly' I can't
seem to get rid of now I'm in my fifties...LOL

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I've thought about dusting off the old bong and renewing my relationship with the green herb
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A couple articles from the headline page.....


Feds Say Marijuana Isn’t Medicine While Holding Patent on it as Medicine

By David on 17 August 2016 GMT

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Published on 16 Aug 2016

Reality Check: Hypocrisy, DEA Won't Reclassify Marijuana while HHS Holds Patent on Cannabis Oil as Medicine!

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Did the DEA just kick open the door for Big Pharma to profit from pot?

By David on 16 August 2016 GMT

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‘While much ink has been spilled over the last few days regarding DEA’s refusal
to recognize marijuana as a medicine and its unwillingness to reclassify it under
federal law, far less attention has been paid to a separate decision by the agency
to create, for the first time, a ‘clear legal pathway’ for pharmaceutical companies
to engage in cannabis-specific ‘drug product development.”

Read more: Did the DEA just kick open the door for Big Pharma to profit from pot?

http://www.rawstory.com/2016/08/did-the-dea-just-kick-open-the-door-for-big-pharma-to-profit-from-pot/

[Cidersomerset]

Alex might have a point ......

Very Strong language
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Why Weed Is A Lot Stronger Today

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Published on 15 Jul 2015

The marijuana that is around today is a lot stronger than it was a few decades ago. What changed since then?

Read More:
What is THC?
http://www.livescience.com/24553-what...
“THC, or tetrahydrocannabinol, is the chemical responsible for most of marijuana's
psychological effects. It acts much like the cannabinoid chemicals made naturally
by the body, according to the National Institute on Drug Abuse (NIDA).”

Everyone Says Pot Is More Potent Now Than 30 Years Ago… But Is It?
http://www.vocativ.com/underworld/dru...
“Conventional wisdom among the media and potheads would have it that weed is way stronger than it was a generation ago.”

Marijuana Science: Why Today's Pot Packs a Bigger Punch
http://www.livescience.com/50220-mari...
“The marijuana that is available today may be much more potent than marijuana
cultivated in the past, according to the results of new tests.”

[Cidersomerset]

I watched and posted this on a recent thread it will take you on a different Trip....
Graham has done a lot of weed over the years.

Graham Hancock TED Talk 2016: Cataclysmic event 12,800-11,600 yrs ago // interviews, presentations
http://projectavalon.net/forum4/showthread.php?92408-Graham-Hancock-TED-Talk-2016-Cataclysmic-event-12-800-11-600-yrs-ago-interviews-presentations

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Graham Hancock: 'Do psychedelics matter?' @ The Common, Glastonbury 2016

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Published on 18 Jul 2016


Do psychedelics matter?

Although demonised, and attracting severe criminal penalties for users during the half century of the
“war on drugs”, psychedelics are now undergoing a renaissance – both in terms of scientific research
and of more personal and spiritually - oriented explorations of the mystery of consciousness. There’s
no guarantee that the process will be easy or that there will not be complications and pain. But what’s
being given birth here, Graham Hancock argues has the potential to bring about a transformation of our
society and of our worldview as profound and as far-reaching as any of the great scientific or libertarian
revolutions of the past.

Graham Hancock is the author of the No 1 bestseller Fingerprints of the Gods, and of Supernatural: Meetings
with the Ancient Teachers of Mankind.

Graham Hancock TED Talk 2016: Cataclysmic event 12,800-11,600 yrs ago // interviews, presentations
http://projectavalon.net/forum4/showthread.php?92408-Graham-Hancock-TED-Talk-2016-Cataclysmic-event-12-800-11-600-yrs-ago-interviews-presentations

[TrumanCash]

Wow! Thank you so much, Cider, for posting Graham's video talk. There are some one-liners that are worth quoting:

"We are not our bodies, we are our consciousness."

"But fundamentally we are dealing with substances that lead to questioning of the existing control system in our society. And that is obviously regarded as dangerous by the powers that be."

I think it is important to listen to the whole talk by Graham because he does adequately qualify and frame his comments toward the end of the talk.

As some people here would know I referenced Graham's work over two decades ago in THE EYE OF RA. Although I cannot personally comment on Ayahuasca or recommend it, what happened in the sixites, folks? I mean, it was not just political--There was a cannabis evolution. People began to question authority. And that's where it has to start.

Also, herbs are not "drugs". "Drugs" are something that the fedgov (FDA, etc) approve of which produce debilitating and even deadly side effects. No question of that. Herbs are much different and of course cannot be patented.

I was not surprised that Ayahuasca appears to help cancer patients. There are so many herbs that cure cancer! Forget drugs!

[crosby]

Perhaps this is the reason that weed is listed as a schedule I classification - along with heroin, while other drugs such as cocaine (et, al.) and drugs such as alcohol are not in the same category. There are videos on u tube. There is much debate about this - and there are labs that are investigating the current THC and CBD levels. Check out SC Laboratories work on defining the benefits and repercussions of these levels. I once wrote a paper during my bachelor's degree days where I promoted the legalization of marijuana based on the facts of all of the benefits and the facts of what hybridization has done to the base plant itself. So, is it possible? Yes, indeed.
crosby.

[Jantje]

If weed is getting stronger, it's getting more effecient. that's not neccesarily a bad thing. I'm not convinced this gmo weed thing is happening for now. Most people in the weed bizz are people who love the plant and don't like the idea of gmo's and certainly don't want the gene pool to
be polluted by gmo weed.
Besideds there is more and more testing and research done. Even to the point of plant dna that gmo strains would not get into the community unnoticed.
Besides that Alex Jones loves fearmongering. One of the reasons I don't watch his channel.
It would be great if he can back himself up with some sort of evidence too, by the way.

[amor]

In the Caribbean, especially St. Lucia, where Weed grows like weeds and is in use by young men and others, it appears to affect the ability to learn and it induces delusions about the body I am told. This is the only brain I have and no one is going to tempt me into self poisoning.

[TargeT]

I was interested in horticulture for a period of time; this family specifically.

a couple of things to note:

The seeds from this plant are,,, like playing the lottery, they do not "breed true" & would have negligible chance of propagating genetic changes, the plant has a built in safeguard.

Annd, that's it, we aren't "that good" at this stuff yet... Reality still prevails :)


If weed is getting stronger, it's getting more effecient. that's not neccesarily a bad thing..

oh, and HELL YES the plant's are better quality these days than they used to be... If I was in the 1970's and I said "trichome" I'd get a blank stare... instead of current days where they are monitored via microscope for maturation measurement.

The plant isn't getting better, as with most things these days; our understanding of it is.

[Star Tsar]

There is a distinction to be made "Skunk" weed which Alex has so artistically pictured is genetically modified (in my sphere of belief ), Treated as a "Class A" substance in UK law, Higher in THC concentration, And has a waaaaaay over inflated market.

There are several other strains which are natural like Sensi, Thai etc, Are treated as a "Class B" substance by UK law, Which have less THC, And a great deal cheaper.


I just thought I would point these facts out as our Alex loves to generalise what Alex is talking about is the modern "skunk" strains!

[MorningFox]

He makes a very interesting point. I've smoked weed for almost 15 years on and off and it was a massively different plant back then than it is today. Generally speaking, of course, as there are so many different strains.

For the first five or six years of smoking weed it would cause incredible elation and fits of giggling, followed by a boost in energy and creativity. It was a very sociable experience and I'd want to talk and laugh with anyone I could. It would cause us to have incredibly interesting and deep philosophical conversations.

I only smoke on very rare occasions now because the stuff is so strong that it literally makes me want to stay on the sofa, I never get the giggles, and it makes me incredibly anti-social. I'm unable to have proper conversations with people without worrying about what I'm saying and I actively avoid people because of this. It also tends to give me mild panic attacks. Most of my friends have had the same experience.

I don't know if that is a result of an active effort by a nefarious power or simply the result of normal people striving to make weed stronger, but that's definitely what's happened to it.

[Joey]

Yesterday, I happen to find some weed on the street. The color was darker, it smelled richer and intuitively I tought that it was home grown outdoor weed.
Men, wat a huge difference than what we buy here at the shop. I was energized, sharp, happy and I continuously laughed my ass off. The heaviness of the weed which usually gets me quite 'down' was not present at all.

I have never felt it like this before. I said to my friend that it was like I had smoked real weed for the first time in my life.

There is definetly something 'off' with the weed we smoke in Holland here nowadays. It is grown indoor, with artificial sunlight, artificial fertilizers and probably GMO seeds and pesticides. It has become an artificial product which is compeletely seperated out of his natural climate. This creates an unbalanced plant and an unbalanced weed, which of course can only produce an unbalanced effect on the smoker.

[Jantje]

In my opinion the reason the weed is getting "stronger" is because the growing skills and optimization of growrooms and fertilizers. It has nothing to do with the genetics of the plant itself. Of course new crosses might have a different effect.

There is also a huge difference between the weed in the old days wich was often grown outdoors in asia and the middle east and then exported to Europe and the Us as "brickweed". Brickweed was far less potent because of the treatment of the plant material.

There are plenty of stories about 60's and 70's weed from mexico that was more potent than todays strains as well.

If weed makes you tired and anti social you might wanna try a sativa in stead of an indica strain. The indica strains that originally came from the afghani area can be sedative, numbing etc. Wich has it's purpose too. (pain relief, spasms etc.)
Sativa strains might get you a very different effect.

If it's not your thing, then don't do it. I don't think any form of fictional authority has any right to deny people acces to whatever they want to do with their body, as long as they don't harm anyone.

[Enola]

I heard someone talk about it last year saying these changes are why it's been made legal. Maybe it lowers consciousness now, like alcohol.

[KiwiElf]

Is it true that successive strains get stronger? (ie, Seeds from seeds from seeds?).

Many years ago in my teens, I had a mate who was growing it (secretly with lights, under his parents house - quite an impressive set-up), & smoking it. His "first crop" was virtually useless. The seeds from that, however, grew a pretty powerful 2nd crop and successive ones after that. His "behaviour" or reaction (for lack of a better word), was much as MorningFox initially described: fits of uncontrollable laughter, insatiable munchies, non stop talking and deep conversations. These days, he's like a zombie (altho not sure if it's his crop or bought "new" stuff). Or do regular smokers just get "used" to it and the affects change?

From memory, the original seeds were "Buddha" & "Columbian" (and I think they had come from overseas???)

[Jantje]

If you grow weed and end up with seeds, it means that your female plants have been pollinated by either a male or a hermaphrodite plant, causing the crop to lose potency.
Marijuana is the dried female flowers of the cannabis plant.
Differing strains also give different results. And everybody has a different reaction to it.
You can built up tolerance to strains as well. it's just not the same for everybody.

[ninorc]

Is it true that successive strains get stronger? (ie, Seeds from seeds from seeds?).
From memory, the original seeds were "Buddha" & "Columbian" (and I think they had come from overseas???)

Of course it came from overseas, because cannabis is not indigenous to Aotearoa! Classic 'Kiwi Green' was derived from the Thai ('Buddha') seeds imported in the seventies, which became naturalised when folks were growing in patches out in the open (and propagated by the incompetent Kiwi cops who cut down plantations and then transported the crops in nets slung under helicopters to be burned, thus seeding the countryside!) This story is told in a book called, 'Kiwi Green,' which you can possibly obtain from the Chris Fowlie at the Hemp Store in Auckland (I notice my copy as gone walkabout - harumph!)

I'm no horticultural expert, but seeds from seeds will produce plants of a similar cannabinoid profile. However, that's not how most weed is grown in NZ, or elsewhere. Rather, plants are cloned by taking cuttings from a 'mother,' in which case their cannabinoid profile will be identical (and you have better control over their sex, because you don't want boys plants pollinating your girls). Few weed farmers produce seed-bearing plants because they weed out the males to encourage the girls to secrete more resin ('sensimilla' = 'without seed'). If your mate's weed improved, it's because he got better at growing.

It's fifteen years since I visited your fine country and even back then some growers were collecting what they called 'landrace' strains with exotic names such as, 'Te Puke Thunder****,' in order to preserve their genetics, because they were being superceded by imported strains grown under lights. Still, I can't imagine that the Kiwi weed culture has changed too dramatically.

[KiwiElf]

LOL - I meant my mate's crop came from original seeds as opposed to the locally grown stuff at the time :) it's easily very available, & very strong, altho still "illegal". A "baggie" is about the same price as a pack of 20 cigs = $25 (that hasn't changed much in years except the cigs went up in price), and all you'll get if caught is likely to be a smack over the wrist and have it confiscated (depending on how nice the cop is). More than an ounce - yeah, you will get charged. ;)

[ninorc]

Why does anyone give any credence to Alex Jones, that gun-totin', Trump-votin', whiskey-drinking bombastic bull****ter?

There is a lot I could say on this subject, but I'll limit myself to observations of two unique characteristics of cannabis:

1. The subjective effects of cannabis are more dependent that any other drug upon 'set and setting' (the mindset of the user and the environment in which they use). This largely means that you get from it much what you expect. For example, cannabis is not an analgesic, but can be effectively used for pain management (and a current UK campaign, launched to coincide with a current Coronation Street story, is endourpain.org (http://www.endourpain.org/) - please endorse their petition).

2. Jones describes cannabis as an hallucinogen, but that ain't necessarily so. Extraordinarily, cannabis cannot accurately be categorised as narcotic, stimulant or hallucinogen, but can produce any of those effects in different users, or the same user at different times, largely dependent upon set and setting. This is why some old potheads will insist that cannabis is not a drug. It is the holy herb!

I guess I qualify as an old pothead and I would go further and claim that intention is a significant factor in cannabis use. I won't smoke commercially grown street weed and prefer not to pay for cannabis at all, but to exchange with friendly growers. I like to know the provenance of my pot, preferring it to be grown by people who love, understand and interact closely with their plants. Many old heads these days complain that the weed has changed, but what has changed more markedly is the intention of producers and consumers. I have no experience of a legal marketplace, but crims will compromise the quality of their product for a fast buck. Back in 60s, man, people tended to get high to explore consciousness. These days, they are more interested in getting out of it.

[Basho]

There are certain strains that give happy, euphoric, even spiritual states of being. And others that give a lazy "couch lock", demotivated effects. That's the great thing about cannabis, there is a broad range of expression in the plants characteristics. Strains are tightly guarded & not too long ago some strains were going for $10k+ for a few clones.

I believe that some strains are modified & will be pushed by the marketing machine. But it's great that a good percentage of cannabis enthusiasts are well informed & can make intelligent decisions about what they are consuming.

[Cardillac]

everything else seems to have been modified/rigged so why should the hemp/cannabis plant have been spared?-

am just wondering-

be well all-

Larry

[DNA]

I've often been of the opinion that if I could find someone growing pot that was weaker kind of like the cheap "rag" weed that was available in the good old days then I would smoke it, but to be honest the present stuff is just intimidating as hell for me.
First off I haven't smoked pot on any kind of regular basis since I was 20 years old. That is nearing on 24 years ago. But the six years I smoked pot were monumental for me. I was never a social smoker. Oh I would have those basement bong sessions with friends, but that was not my reasons for smoking pot. When I began smoking pot I was 14, probably not a good idea, but here goes. I wanted to do nothing but meditate and work out when I would smoke pot. Without any instruction, only solitude and pot I could do the splits by the time I was 15, I was hounded by the football coach at my highschool to join the team, I had an amazing physique, and I had tought myself various gymnastics moves, one of which I invented a use for on the wrestling mat, a back walk over when someone was trying to pin me that would end up with me on top of the person trying to pin me, it always got a "wow" from the crowd and my coaches had stated that they had never seen anything like it before. When I was fifteen I joined a martial arts studio and my martial arts teacher smoked pot. So my MA Teacher ended up having two groups of students, one that was kept on the up and up during regular business hours and an after hours class where we would smoke pot and continue doing martial arts into the wee hours of the morning. This division in his students started with my arrival, and none of his regular students were invited to our sessions due to the fact that they "weren't" cool.
Due to the accelerated training I was sparring with black belts after only a few months and in six months I could beat any of them.
My martial arts teacher then found "other" martial arts teachers that were "cool", and we would go to various other schools after hours and I would spar with their accelerated students. It was an amazing time in my life and I very much associate the entire time with pot, because we were constantly smoking it. For ahem, "sensititivity" enhancement.
I mention all of this because there is no way I would have had the concentration and focus to have done all of this without pot.
But as we all know, pot does not affect everyone the same way.
I'm in the minority in so far as how pot affects people.
For so many folks pot is some kind of a novacane. A way of ignoring problems and or reality.
Pot never did this to me. Pot would force me to deal with whatever problems I was having before it would allow me to continue with whatever it is I wanted to do.
I was always blown away that it did not affect others in this same way.


As a teenager I read Castaneda, and pot probably helped me learn how to "turn off the internal dialogue".
Though not as easy without pot, I kept meditating and "turning off the internal dialogue" and eventually I began to see "other" things. Now I know folks are thinking "well what did you expect smoking weed at 14", and I guess I won't argue your point here, but I have documented such incidents here. http://projectavalon.net/forum4/showthread.php?21695-How-To-See-A-Ghost-For-Yourself and http://projectavalon.net/forum4/showthread.php?21614-Parasitic-Non-Organic-Multidimensional-Beings just saying.
I'm able to turn this on and off (3rd eye) for the most part with meditation. I say this because there were a couple of times I smoked pot since all of this, and I could not control what was coming in.
My third eye opened up and I could see entities, "ghosts" really and unlike normally when I would just stop allowing myself to see them, under the influence of pot I could not turn it off until the effects of the pot wore off. This happened in 2001 and 2006, and both times were scary enough that I did not want to jump back on the saddle if you will.
Now I'm afraid Katt Williams as mentioned by Cider above would be telling me this in relation to how strong the pot was then and now.


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qp6tPiidlhk
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So, I'm probably not going to jump on the horse if you will.
But I wish I could find a weaker source, because I would love to do it.
I'm a long way from the peak physical condition kid I was 24 years ago. I'm much closer to Homer Simpson now than I care to admit. And I could sorely use the gladiator trainer like coach my mind had access to when on pot.
I call it the Kevin Spacey effect, from American Beauty the movie.
I love that movie.


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AVpsmoAe9pM
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Also thanks everyone who has contributed.
I've been learning a lot here, and there are have been answers to questions I wouldn't have even thought to ask.

[Cidersomerset]

just looking on the BBC news page and this article popped up....


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The people who take drugs to see God

9 hours ago

Short vid on link...http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/magazine-37101268

Mawaan Rizwan was brought up in a religious family but is no longer
practising and feels detached from spirituality.


He visits the Oklevueha Native American Church in Salt Lake City in Utah,
America, where people take the Class A drug peyote in the hope of finding
religious enlightenment. A powerful hallucinogen, its active ingredient
mescaline puts peyote in the same category as heroin. Its effects are like
that of LSD. Taking it could put someone at risk if they or a member of
their family have suffered from psychosis in the past.

People have been known to harm themselves while under the effects of
hallucinogens. The "medicine man" James Flaming Eagle Mooney and
Ohio-based believer Richard say taking traditional medicines like peyote
connect them to a higher power.A sceptical but curious Mawaan joined
them on one of their ceremonial retreats in the mountains.

Watch Episode 1: Trip to the Mountains of BBC Three's Getting High for God?.

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/magazine-37101268

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Published on 21 Aug 2016

Mawaan Rizwan was brought up in a religious family but is no longer practising and
feels detached from spirituality.He visits the Oklevueha Native American Church in
Salt Lake City in Utah, America, where people take the Class A drug peyote in the
hope of finding religious enlightenment. A powerful hallucinogen, its active
ingredient mescaline puts peyote in the same category as heroin. Its effects are like
that of LSD. Taking it could put someone at risk if they or a member of their family
have suffered from psychosis in the past.People have been known to harm
themselves while under the effects of hallucinogens.The "medicine man" James
Flaming Eagle Mooney and Ohio-based believer Richard say taking traditional
medicines like peyote connect them to a higher power.A sceptical but curious
Mawaan joined them on one of their ceremonial retreats in the mountains.

[sigma6]

wow... what a plethora of knowledge... give me some hawaiian bud any time... ;-D

[boutreality]

DNA-
I'd suggest you take the early "use to deepen a discipline" and the latter "use to increase perception" and now, with the years of experience under your belt blend them into "use for trance purposes".
The idea is that what you find there is meant to be reproduced without the substance- to use the substance to deepen the trance then utilize without the substance, lengthening the amount of time you can reproduce the effects without the substance.
2015 was that sort of year for me; I'd go a month with weekly "enhanced" Binaural theta trance then a month or more with plain Binaural theta trance and repeat.

I highly recommend ingesting over smoking; no butane or phosphorous inhaled, no heat induced vapor- your physiology drawing upon its properties through digestion.
Since you have a background in using it specifically for growth oriented activity, why not engage it for that intent as a part of a disciplined regimen?
I'd recommend it start some weeks after renewing a regular MA routine, as you know, I like Chigung.

[Fanna]

Find the grandpa seeds (https://www.cannabis-seeds-bank.co.uk/) ;]

Everything in nature is beautiful for something it does. Cannabis is a medicine. Anyone can become knowledgeable enough to keep that piece of nature alive just as easily as we have become knowledgeable enough to attempt to weaponize it. We are aware enough to disobey the law and save our natural seeds in the antiGMO fight. We need to do the same here. All battles must be fought.

I have no doubts that weed has been modified to the point that the US government is ready to allow it to be introduced to their slaves. However, to abandon a practice that dates back before Egypt because it has been attacked by the US government is ... rather harsh. Each of us is worth saving and so is everything produced by our mother, Gaia.

Focus on the positive vibrations! To hell with the government. Be done with them. Go out and bring back the Mana Tree or something. Do not let your heart be dissuaded by fear.

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[Octavusprime]

I was interested in horticulture for a period of time; this family specifically.

a couple of things to note:

The seeds from this plant are,,, like playing the lottery, they do not "breed true" & would have negligible chance of propagating genetic changes, the plant has a built in safeguard.

Annd, that's it, we aren't "that good" at this stuff yet... Reality still prevails :)


If weed is getting stronger, it's getting more effecient. that's not neccesarily a bad thing..

oh, and HELL YES the plant's are better quality these days than they used to be... If I was in the 1970's and I said "trichome" I'd get a blank stare... instead of current days where they are monitored via microscope for maturation measurement.

The plant isn't getting better, as with most things these days; our understanding of it is.

Cannabis is not heterogeneous. Given enough generations 8-10 they do breed true. Durban Poison, Northern lights No 5, Skunk No 1, etc are all extremely stable cultivars. Most of the stuff on the market however are hybrids so growing them from seed will produce genetic variation. Most cultivars these days are F1 hybrids that are cloned and sold to growers.

Apples on the other hand are completely heterogeneous and will always produce a different plant when grown from seed. That red Delicious apple is genetically the same as the original plant that was found in 1880. It has been propagated by clone.

As for genetically modified and weaponized, I would call BS on this. The pot community has been breeding strains for a very long time. Over time they have selected for high THC, flavor, aroma, time to maturity, disease resistance, etc. Alex Jones can create conspiracies out of anything. Info from him is highly suspect IMO.

[markoid]

There was a 'technique' among growers in Australia back in the seventies, whereby treating the seeds with colchicine (which was considered very toxic then, but, surprisingly, or not, is now a medication for gout) would change the cell structure from diploid to polyploid, making a very strong 'super grass'. I suspect that polyploid strains may now be the rule rather than the exception.

[boutreality]

Alex Jones is clearly (my opinion) a scare tactic propagandist.
He's one of the few still pushing the "They're planning a race war" meme; this is one more example- perhaps to stir the cauldron and further diffuse collective interest in decriminalization.
The FDA did recently refuse to reschedule it.

[Cidersomerset]

Court bans DOJ from prosecuting medical marijuana users and growers

By David on 23 August 2016 GMT Medical/Health

NATURAL NEWS....

Court bans DOJ from prosecuting medical marijuana users and growers

By David on 23 August 2016 GMT Medical/Health

http://www.naturalnews.com/gallery/640/Narcotics/Indoor-Marijuana-Grow-Plants.jpg

‘Supporters of medical marijuana have gained an important victory with a federal
appeals court ruling that prohibits the Department of Justice (DOJ) from prosecuting
medical marijuana growers and users if no state laws are being breached.

A unanimous decision by the Ninth U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals prevents the DOJ
from using federal funds to prosecute those who grow, sell or purchase marijuana,
despite the fact that marijuana is still illegal under federal law.

The decision has effectively upheld a 2014 congressional budget ruling that protects
states from the DOJ if they try to prevent them “from implementing their own state
laws that authorize the use, distribution, possession, or cultivation of medical marijuana.”‘

Read more: Court bans DOJ from prosecuting medical marijuana users and growers

http://www.naturalnews.com/055057_medical_marijuana_DOJ_federal_ruling.html

[Octavusprime]

There was a 'technique' among growers in Australia back in the seventies, whereby treating the seeds with colchicine (which was considered very toxic then, but, surprisingly, or not, is now a medication for gout) would change the cell structure from diploid to polyploid, making a very strong 'super grass'. I suspect that polyploid strains may now be the rule rather than the exception.

People still use this technique but it's mostly used to make seedless variations (seedless watermelon, seedless marijuana, etc.). Although it does also create bigger, stronger and more potent versions of the plant. Unfortunately the polyploidy often reverts back to diploid and is extremely unstable. This was a long time ago so it may be that the science has greatly advanced.

Basically you apply cholchicine to the seed at an extremely low concentration. It kills like 90% of the seeds. Those that do grow are tetraploids. These plants are then crossed with the normal diploid to produce a triploid plant. The triploid plants are essentially sterile/infertile.

It's a great way for pot growers to offer seed without the chance of people stealing their prized genetics. Warning Cholchincine is extremely toxic, extreme care should be used when handling this stuff.

In my former life I was a plant breeder. Then I was a beer maker. Now I just make drugs (The good kind used to treat cancer).

[Akasha]

If ever there was anyone in dire need of good joint, it's Alex Jones!

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